Most certainly agree! Alot of my friends I had before studying ( i was never baptised and only studied for 2 years) distanced themselves from me because they thought I was a wack job, but I had a friend who was there the whole time and never gave up on our friendship. When I lost all my newfound "friends" she was there for me, also my "worldly" friends have come around. They never left me, I left them to "please" Jehovah, but just the same, I am now rebuilding old friendships. This website has also been great for self esteem issues. Just knowing that there are other people out there questioning and seeking answers is awesome! Thank you everyone :)
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Before You Leave The Witnesses, You MUST Make New Friends!!!
by minimus inmy advice to anyone that is thinking of leaving the "organization" is to make friends (real friends) with people other than jehovah's witnesses.
the sad truth is that jws are only conditional "friends".
they will drop you like a hot potato if they think you want to leave.
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Can someone explain to me the story of the tower of Babel?
by tippysock inin genisis 11:6 jehovah appears to be worried that mankind will be able to do anything they desire.
did jehovah scatter men and use different languages as a controlling measure to make us dependent on him?
what happened to freewill?
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In Genisis 11:6 Jehovah appears to be worried that mankind will be able to do anything they desire. Did Jehovah scatter men and use different languages as a controlling measure to make us dependent on him? What happened to freewill?
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What RULES Do Jehovah's Witnesses Enforce Upon Their Members???
by minimus injws love to say they are a "free" people.
they are not enslaved by man made rules and regulations like other religions....how would you refute that idea?
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I met my husband who was df at the time we met and married. We started a business together but put the assets and corp. in my name. After we were married he got reinstated. Immediately after reinstatement he started going to strip clubs, dating other girls, etc... The glicher is that his dad is an elder and his grandfather is on of the governing body members. His family told everyone that I was multiple personality and they took the business, our house, and all the assets with them and left me in more debt than I could have ever imagined. I haad been studying for a year and a half. Recently the friends I thought I had in the truth all shunned me, they said it was because I had been studying for long enough and since I still smoked I had obviously made up my mind on " whose side of the fence I was on". Is this the way the orginization really is? Just because your dad is an elder and your grandfather is a governing body member does that mean you can do whatever you want to whoever you want to? Since he left 9 months ago my husband has o.d. on meth, moved in several girls with him and hasn't gone to one meeting. The presiding overseer in my hall told me that if I complied with the divorce that my husband filed that I would not be in good standing with Jehovah. Evidently the fact that he has had several women living with him does not constitute reason for adultery. What do I do? I have already walked away, but I am so hurt that an organization that prides itself on "cleanliness" would allow this kind of junk to go one and cover it up.